Door kahin ek aam ki bagiya.
Far away somewhere is an orchard of mangoes
Bagiya mein hai thandi chhaaon
In the orchard is a cool shade
Chhaaon mein ek kachcha rasta
In the shade is an unpaved road
Raste mein pyaara sa gaaon
On the road is a lovely village
Gaaon mein ek chhota sa ghar
In the village is a small home
Ghar mein ek ujla sa aangan
In the home is a bright courtyard
Aangan mein chandan ka palna
In the courtyard is a sandlewood cradle
Palne mein chanda sa munna
In the cradle is a moon-like child
Munne ki aankhon mein nindiya
The the child's eyes is sleep
Door kahin ek aam ki bagiya
Far away somewhere is an orchard of mangoes
Bagiya mein hai thandi chhaaon
In the orchard is a cool shade
Chhaaon mein ek kachcha rasta
In the shade is an unpaved road
Raste mein pyaara sa gaaon
On the road is a lovely village
Neele neele aasmaan mein taaron ka hai ek nagar
In the blue blue sky is a city of stars
Jagmag jagmag ek taare par ek shehzaadi ka hai ghar
One one sparkling star is a princess's house
Chupke chupke raat ko uthke dhyaan se dekhe koi agar
If one secretly wakes at night and looks carefully
Jhilmil jhilmil hai taarein mein us shehzaadi ke zevar
In the stars is that princess's jewelry, twinkling
Shehzaadi ithlaaye, shehzaadi yeh gaaye
The princess gestures, the princess sings this
Door kahin ek aam ki bagiya
Far away somewhere is an orchard of mangoes
Aadhi raat jab ho jaati hai, jab duniya so jaati hai
When it becomes midnight, when the world is asleep
Taaron se shehzaadi utarke munne ke ghar aati hai
Getting down from the stars, the princess goes to the child's home
Meethe meethe saare sapne apne saath voh laati hai
With her she brings all sweet sweet dreams
Sote munne ki palkon pe yeh sapne voh sajaati hai
Upon the lashes of the sleeping child she adorns these dreams
Sirhaane voh aaye, haule se voh gaaye
She comes to the head of the bed, softly she sings
Door kahin ek aam ki bagiya
Far away somewhere is an orchard of mangoes
- Zubeida
The above mentioned song is from the motion picture 'Zubeida'. This song summarizes the story of Zubeida and her son Riyaz . In the film, Zubeida leaves her baby son with her parents and goes away to live a fairytale life with a Rajasthani Prince. Basically, she claims to love him , but she chooses her own happiness over him and leaves him behind. Zubeida's son sees his mother as this fairy princess of dreams who visits him only when he is sleeping - he loves his mother and he holds no grudge against her for abandoning him.
Today's episode is the same story with an opposite version. Maala is a Zubeida but Rudra is not Riyaz. Yes, he has seen his mother just like this as is mentioned in the song , but he has seen her as a dark princess who abandoned him. If he does not have the heart to forgive her , he simply does not have it.
Sometimes, forgiveness is pretty useless. Its neither of the use to the sinner nor to the victim. Valid reason? Sometimes, the sinner has sinned so much and burnt so much in the condemnation purgatory that no amount of forgiveness can take away the pain of poetic justice. And sometimes, the victim has suffered so much that all pain has ceased and numbness has set in - and to ask him/her for forgiveness is like asking a desert to turn the colour of the ocean... but then, RR is fiction and that too Indian fiction where morals and greatness come first and emotions and angst must bow down to them.
Maafi toh hamaare yahaan aisse maangte hainn jaise aaloo-tamaatar khareed rahhe ho. 😆
P.S- Brownie points to the BG guy. Good music today and it did not mar the scenes at all. 😳
Edited by MoronsKiMallika - 11 years ago